# Shining Reference **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366 "2020-08-08T14:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heroquestelf](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@heroquestelf](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/heroquestelf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/1 "2020-08-08T14:30:05Z")
I have a two questions. I found something in the original [Ghostbusters movie](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/movies) that I _think_ is either a reference or an homage to “The Shining”, and I would like either: A:) to know if anyone here can confirm my suspicions. OR B.) If anyone here knows if Mr. [Ivan Reitman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/people/ivan-reitman) answers fan mail and/or has an address I can send my question to. Here is the question in short. Near the end of the movie there is a hallway shot where the Ghostbusters are entering Dana Barrett’s apartment. In the foreground on the side of the hallway is a Big Wheel. Now, the simple fact is that **NOTHING** that is in a scene like that is going to be there _on accident_. **Everything** in that scene was chosen deliberately. I have a hard time believing that they would put a Big Wheel in the hotel hallway and it not be a nod to “The Shining”. Can anyone confirm? ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/2 "2020-08-08T15:06:41Z")
It’s never been confirmed to be a reference to The Shining. I’ve always interpreted it as belonging to one of the apartment building’s tenants’ children. ---
**Author:** ![Marcus\_B](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Marcus\_B](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Marcus_B)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/3 "2020-08-08T15:51:36Z")
Danny’s big wheel was blue, so I’m going to go with probably not ---
**Author:** ![Tasky](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@Tasky](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Tasky)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/4 "2020-08-09T17:17:00Z")
[quote=heroquestelf post\_id=4937972 time=1596897005 user\_id=53343]Now, the simple fact is that **NOTHING** that is in a scene like that is going to be there _on accident_. **Everything** in that scene was chosen deliberately. I have a hard time believing that they would put a Big Wheel in the hotel hallway and it not be a nod to “The Shining”. [/quote] There’s also a kid riding a Weyland-Yutani branded Bigwheel down a hallway in a [deleted scene](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/ghostbusters/deleted-scenes) of Aliens, in a vaguely similar fashion, but I’ve never heard any mention of a possible connection/homage to The Shining. If anything, it’s usually a reference to the Bigwheel in The Terminator, Cameron being the director of both that and Aliens. ---
**Author:** ![bison256](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/bison256/32/186112_2.png) [@bison256](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/bison256)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/5 "2020-08-12T19:14:31Z")
I think it was just a popular toy of the era, so it was easy to get one to use as set dressing. ---
**Author:** ![glenn-frederick](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/glenn-frederick/32/186706_2.png) [@glenn-frederick](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/glenn-frederick)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/6 "2020-08-12T20:33:33Z")
[The Real Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison) second intro shows a Big Wheel that’s drawn to look very similar to the one in the Movie. Now I don’t know if it’s a Shining Reference but it seems odd that they would include a Big Wheel in the RGB intro and have it almost the same exact colours as the one in the film? ---
**Author:** ![Wyldfyre1](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wyldfyre1](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Wyldfyre1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/shining-reference/17366/7 "2020-10-31T06:03:59Z")
Wondering same! Just saw this again after many years, with my son and that’s the first time I have actually noticed the big wheel and I said to my husband do you think that’s in reference to The Shining! I think so.